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Reply #87: Why is it so important to be mainstream? They are doing very well on the fringes. [View All]

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alfredo

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Wed Dec-16-09 05:42 PM
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87. Why is it so important to be mainstream? They are doing very well on the fringes.

Some of us like it on the fringe, it gives us more freedom.

Yes, others did UNIX before, but not on the scale and not as polished as OSX. Jobs made the UNIX underpinnings opaque. You just have to look in utilities to find the terminal and X11. He wanted a UNIX people of all skill levels could use without even reading the instructions. The Nix's can be intimidating for some, so he hid it and downplayed the fact that it was UNIX.

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